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went of _the Netherlands, as we how, has expressed its readines* to desist' from the claims it has.hitherto made to restrict the navigation of the river through its own terri tory, and now. pretends only, to a suitable indemnification for the great expences of the dikes, sewers, and other works, with Out which the navigation of the river into the sea would not he possible. The" . only point, therefore, would be to fix the amount of this indemnity, as the equity of the claim will hardly be disputed by any party.- -It is said that a great German Power whicL has no direct interest in the business, will take on itself the °trite of mediator at the joint solicitation of all the States on the banks of the river. _ BERLIN, JULY 14. All kinds of law proceedings have latterly increased in such a degree, partly from the increase of business, and partly from the general revolution that has effected almost all classes, that the supreme tribunal, notwithstanding its acknowledged activity, cannot pass an ordinary confirms tory sentence in less than eight months, or a sentence allowing that of one inferior Court in less than 16 months. Some measures have been taken to remedy this evil by transferring part of the conscripts to other Courts:. An nrdinance has just been published, extending to the whole singdom, the regulations giving certain advantages to Prussian civil officers, in case their salary is sequestered by virtue of a judicial sentence.—ln this case an officer in active service retains 400 dollars of his salary for his sup port, an d if he is a pensioner retired from service, 200 dollars. Still more important is a declaration relative to the Law of Finaneeseof 17th January, 1820. According this edict, not only are the whole of the public debts placed under the guarantee of the future Estates of the kingdom, without whose consent they cannot be increased, but the Royal Domains and these revenues are pledged to thepublic creditor,under the superintendence of sworn Com missioners ; according to the declaration; all the domains under the administration of the Board of Finance are to be here understood, including the abolished monast ries, &c. which are not mentioned in the law of 1820. It is said that the celebrated traveller, Alexander Von Humboldt; ii on a visit to his brother, the YR /lister of S tate , Willi am Von Humboldt, and that he makes a long,stay with him at his country seat, Tegel. VI ENNA, JULY 22.—Metalliques, 89. 9-16. ; Bank Shares, 1066„ • At a late hour this forenoon we received Dutch Papers to the 2d inst. It appears by an article of re cent date ricitn Tiankfott, that the whole of the Polish Army i s to be called out prior to the Coronation of the Emperor of ROSSIA, as King of POLAND, in October. Doei not this forebode the want of an army for other services thatf•to add to the pageant' of the Coronation ? The heat at Warsaw was never known'to be so great 'as at present,' the thermometer being at 95 . • • AMSTIMMAILy Aug, I.—Exchanges on London, 40. 7. ; two )nonths, 40.. 4. _ . . In the interest which has been excited, with regard to , the:afrairi of Turkey, by the recent events in her capital, the .11iplomatic relations subsisting between that Country and Russia, have been entirely lost sight of; even ,the movements of the Plenipotentiaries who haie been. -appointed by' both nations for the final settlernent of their lung pending disputes, have not bee'n noticed either by the Foreign .Journals or our °wo since the 15th ult., when the arrival of . the Turk ish Conunissioners at Riicharest on the 22d June, on thei r wa y to the Frontiers was announced. It is impoisible to say what, effect the recent events is Constantinople, and the change in the character of the Councils of the SULTAN by his energetic con d let, will produce in the negociations tQ be carried on, And we await the arrival of the next accounts from the Setne of these Diplomatic ,conferences with eager as we shall probably he able to form some opi n i o ji by the tone which the 'Turkish Envoys may atirst aSsione. In the end, we have no manner 'of dgiiht,' that the demands of Russia will not be ac ceded jd'; that; L hoWever the .Ottoman negotiators mal for. tbiadditional time, appear to , lsOse. of.g - 4inipg suctumb all- .the :terms proposed by the Russian Ilu,thorities, the Porte will gradually resist them, as it ht4a the power of the Empire consolidating under the lynportant change' Of circumstances which has taken place. We can never believe that the present Sultan, after the proofs. he .has exhibited of personal bravery, and of his desire to restore the power of his Empire, will 4 1 6 ietlY .yield to those terms which, by various mewls) have been so long resisted , by the Divan, and in sub llission to which he would:give to Russia, one. of the Inost important points she has yet gained towards the accomplishment of her favourite scheme, of planting her banners in the city of Constantine. We cannot help thinking it not unlikely that the SULTAN will avail himself more extensively of the'. aisistine . c of the 1 : I'mi;r+ ) aehtl of EGNPT, than the m ere train ing of :his. troops by r.,J1)•,11 officers, and that with the co-operation of. this. powerful Chief, he will be pre pared' to• support his final refusal of the Russian de,; %ands by the sword. Happy should we be to see the whole of the Turkish an t i E • forces gypttan withdrawn from Greece, for the more worthy object' of protectin g th e Turkish' domi e;tliens from an attack from Russia; because, in such an encpreete w ou ld secur e h er i n d epen d ence; and the long Cliiiiihed hopes of Russia of bringing her naval niesus in the.Oletok-LSea into operation in the Medi- , terfaneaul b Po ne men' ig the sho res o f t h e D ar d ane ll es , could, in an probability be effectually checked. It is rumoured that the amount of Revenue for the last . Month has fallen very far short of its amount in th e corresponding month of 14. , ,t year. If this be so, it is only a necessary consequence of the stagnation Which unfortunately still exists in various branches of our commerce, and cannot be otherwise until a r e_ clewed period , of . activity in trade generally shall take Plue. To meet"this deficiency of the estimated R e .. 'venue will undoubtedly be difficult—but it must be done—end it is proper, therefore, to consider of the means by which it can be effected. A reduction of the establishments of the country is impossible. They hav e alreafly bcejt,,c,ut clown too low, and the probe,: tility is, that in tho present state, of the world it . will be found expedient to increase, rather than to ditninii some of them. A reduction of the interest of the debt is the next measure, which unfortunately is too frequently and baretitcedly proposed, for the purpose of making the Revenue and the expenditure correspond. So frequently, indeed, is this proposal made, that per 'Ml are apt to forget the enormity of the breach of faith which such a proceeding would involve, and tjjg flevitable consequences which would ensue by the dis.. traction of public credit, from a measure ao infamously wicked and unjust. This decidedly is the last means which must be resorted to 11* ptiblic relief, and must never be adopted until every individual in the country has been called upon to make sacrifices far greater than any which have yet been made for the support °lithe national character and integrity. New taxes must be levied, and property of all sorts must be charged with the payment of a proportion of its value, before such an idea could be entertained ; and if the time shoyld ever arrive, when the Funds should be touched, it could only be done by considering funded property in the same light precisely as landed, and sub jecting it only to the same charge as might be imposed upon the land. _ • A resource to a limited extent still remains, which has also been frequently mentioned, and that is the Sinking Fund. This fund, nominally, is upwards of 5 millions ; but of this, we confess that between 2 and 3 millions, arise from that which is now acknowledged to be a fiction, the Half-Pay Annuities. The bargain with the Bank for the annual pqrchase of such amount of these Annuities, as produces a suffi cient sum to make up the difference between she estimated amount of the half-pay and pensions, and the sum paid by the public to the Trustees, ceases in 1828 ; and if this source of Revenue, as it is called, should be discontinued, the Sinking Fund 'would not, in its estimated amount, exceed 3,000,000/. ; but as the real Sinking Fund can only be the difference between the actual Revenue and actual Expenditure, it would in point of fact be worse than useless to attempt to maintain its name, by raising money in other ways to be laid out in the purchase of Stock in the Market. Abandon this fund, therefore, we say, at once ; and the Revenue, reduced as it inevitably must be, in its amount, will still be fully sufficient to fulfil all the other obligations of the country. It can hardly be said, that touching the Sinking Fund is any breach of faith to the fundholder, as, by having reverted to cash payments, be is' far better off than any person who invested money in the Funds between 1797 and 1815, could have calculated upon, as is fully evinced by the increased value of his principal. No time ought to be lost in the adoption of this measure, not for the purpose of enabling the 'Minister to take off more taxes, but to - render certain the capability of the country to pay the interest of its debt, and its other sacred obligations. With regard to Taxation, no one can say that it presses with severity on any class at present, and we must all be content. to bear what we now pay without murmuring. One suggestion on this subject we would, however, make. It is this, that the. Members of both Houses of Parliament should abandon the privilege of franking. We shall offer some remarks on this subject in a few days, observing only now, that it is beneath men possessed of the fortunes which the Members of both branches of the Legislature usually are, to accept this exemption from a tax which applies to all other per sons m the kingdom ; and that their abandonment of this privilege, while it would add to the national re venue nearly 500,0001. per annum, would evince a feeling of regard for the national interests, which would well become men in their exalted stations. THE FUNDS. CITY, Twelve o' Clock. The English Funds have this morning exhibited signs of con siderable firmness, and there has been some good business trans acted ; Consols opened at 785 4, and advanced to 785, buyers ; a slight re-action then took plaCe, and they have since been purchased a shade lower, . but have recovered, and are now 785 5. The market looks well, and the accounts from the country are of amore favourable tendency. In the Foreign Funds the chief interest has been in the Colombian and Mexican Stock; Colombian opened at 345 5, but rose immediately to 364 7 ; they are now rather worse, end may be quoted at 345 5 ; the first price of Mexican was they partook of the rise in Colombian, and went up to 56 4, but afterwards fell ,to 55 ; some business has been effected in the Spanish at 105 11. Tire* per Cent. Consols, 781.; Ditto for Account, 781 1; India' 4 per' Cent. Bonds,. 2012 pin. ; Exchequer Bills, 16 17 pm. ; 4 per Cent. Scrip, t I pni. * PllYDS.—Brazilian, 60 2;' Buenos Ayres, ; Chilian, SS 40 ; 1824, 56,17 ; Greek, 12} ; Mexican, 6 per Cent., -49 51 ; Ditto, II per Cent., 66 ; Russian, 834 ; Spanish, 101 1; Portuguese, 71 3. Mixiis.—Anglo Mexican, 474 21 dia.; United Mexican, 8 dii. ; 'Brazilian, 141 151 pm. ; PascO Peruvian, 10 9 di.. ; 'Flalpuiahua, 30 pm. ; Bolivar, 4 pm. Stiatits..—British Iron Company . , 29 7 dis. ; Welch Iron and Coal, 19 17 dis. Two o'clock. • - The price of Consols has continued ,to rise, and they have been done as high as 781 ; a slight re-action has since taken place, and they are rather worse, 78/1 being the nearest quotation; 4 per. Cents., 884 i; New 4 per Cents., 944 4 ; Ditto Scrip, 1 14 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 16 18 pm. ; Bank Stock, 2014 2. In the Foreign Stock Exchange, Mexican and Colombian Bonds are not so brisk ; the foimer have fallen to 531 i, the latter to 34. Russian Bonds are rather better. This . Security keep firm, and seems to keep pace with our own Funds; they are now 824 4. There is no alteration in the Share Market. THREE 0' et 0 CK. • 3 per Cent. Consols, 78i #. FOUR- O'CLOCK_C LOSING PRICES. Consols 781 t Danish Bonds 57i Do. tar Op. 7gi Greek Do. 1825 121 Brazilian Bonds 591 Mexican D 0.1825, 53?-; Buenos Ayres Do. -r Peruvian Do. 28 Chilian Do. 41 40 Russian Do. 82?, Columbian, 1814, 35 Spanish Do. 10i TUESDAY, . • .. , , „ for Cotton-woo l has MANCHESTER, AUG. 1 .--- (FROM OUR prices heavy ; the dealers evidently anxious to OWN CORR/SrOVlDUlT.)—Thedemmul to-day 6 : 1 7 " I t n l F i t ta t ; s t s an an d d Calicoes we have had a tolerably brisk sale. In Cotton' Yarn a fair business, but at very low prices. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING, AUG. 1. (FILM ANKH/A CORSERPONDENT.)—The sparkling of sunshine which has for the last few days cheered our gloomy and long tem pestuous commercial atmosphere, still continues to beam ; h opt! , and a seeming inclination to confidence, have again made their ap pearance amongst us, but, at the same time, are only indicative of an amendment which, we trust, is not far distant. There cannot with truth be sai d to b e an y very material im provement in our Markets,, though a change has certainly t4 k, e , place, Thi s day's M ar k e t has fully maintained t he improved state of our Saturday's Market. The allianee : formed by a niimber of extensive spinners to shorten fib embittered are the work- le here the time of labour, will'have a double e ff e c t. It accords with the spirit of the operatires more than a lowering of Wages Indeed, against the lowering of with the usual Pirtiiiiieest.:,aatthnadatreatthhteemedYhwauonuldshaoorotenneerde,arn Ss. per week than 12g. by working the usual o slow improveinen is taking plac e the *t ill graatir,, for tt r li t h 7 The advantage to t the manufacturer J .) ennsumption of the ' Pncog of our m i t, b - a light stock, and, th us produ . ' t the keeping in our markets ' • aiturlee of trade will cause an advance us the 1 ' . te the present doi(kratiow—,a good trade. ' ' The judgm e n t o f the Court of Peers in the affair of Ouvrard, approa c h es i ts conclusion; it i s even P°6sl we to anticipate the issue of this judiciary tliseussl4„ : during the three days o f discussion, the march "of opi nions-has never been ijouhtful, and the conclusions of the Procureur-General, he i aglopted. The whole C ourt agreed ' on t hi s po i n t, that - there was no room for p r (o'B""tinjg Counts Guil with k lortie modifications, will leminot and BoutdesQue. oome Peers thought it would be useful to publish the tlabates ; but the great majority thought it was impossible tq ,nrdet the pub• lishiug the debates, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY—{Tars DAY.) SCONGALL tl. CAMPBRLL. _ ---- . Mr. Knight partly opened this before the Court rose on Tuesday, was partly heard yesterday ; and resumed again to-day, which he stated was an appeal motion from an Order made by his Honor the Vice-Chancellor, upon a motion made :before him. The notice of motion was, that Messrs. Winter, Kaye, Beckworth, and Freshfield's bills of costs, amounting to 2,370/. 13s. 2d., delivered and paid in this and other causes, might be referred to one of the Master's to be taxed ; and also that the delivery of papers, might be ordered. Many proceedings had taken place in this cause, which did not bear at all on the object of the present- motion, except so far as that the bills, for the costs of those proceedings, were the bills sought to be taxed.. The statement was, that Messrs. Scongall, Stead, and Bett, had carried on business at Leith,-as merchants ; that a; Scotch sequestration had been taken out arinst individual members of that house; that Messrs.Kaye,l . resh field, and Co. solicitors in the City, were the gentlemen who had been professionally employed for them in this cause; that an assignment of all the interest in - the house had been made to AL.. Stead, and that he had for a long time the principal management and responsibility of this cause ; that Messrs. Kaye and Co. had began tobe employedin the year 180 G, and continued down to 1817; that in the course of those proceedings several large bills of costs had been delivered, amounting to 2370/.135. 2d. ; that various sums of money had been paid by Mr. Stead, on account of them; that when a difference arose in the year 1817, which caused Mr. Stead to demand possession of his papers from his profs ional agents, they were refused to be d e li vere d up , un til the alleged balance on the bills was paid : th a t f or t h e pur p ose of obtaining ss the papers, that balance was paid, under a protest and declaration that he (Mr. Stead), should require to have the bills taxed, considering they contained moat extravagant charges; that a ne lgociation for a compromise by a'teference to arbitration was car ried on till late in 1819 ; that about that time Mr. Stead had to go to Norway, pn mercantile fondues's, where he met with a serious rious accident, which rendered him lame, and detained him for a very considerable time longer than he otherwise should have remained out of !hie country ; that before he went away, he left the management of his affairs with Messrs. Kaye, Freshfield, and Co., in the hands of a Mr. Dennett, who was, by a family connec tion, connected with Mr. Kaye, and who, it was understood, had undertaken the office of referee ; that during Mr. Stead's absence in Norway, Mr. Dennett had declined to act for him, by which his business was delayed ; that on Mr. L.'s return, he endeavoured to get a settlement, but failed to succeed ; that in January, 1824, notice was given of a motion for an order, referring it to the Master to tax the bills in question, which ul timately came on before the Vice-Chancellor ; that the Court below, upon hearing the motion, was of opinion, the delay be tween 1819 and 1824. was not sufficiently accounted for, and therefore dismissed the motion with costa, and hence the prevent motion of appeal. It was the Learned Counsel's duty to state, that Mr. Stead had had much to encounter in getting this motion before the Court. In consequence of the eminent station that these most respectable Solicitors held with the Bank of England, (being the Bank Solicitors), he had had infinite difficulty to get a Solicitor to undertake his business against them, and even bad experienced that difficulty in procuring Counsel. When the brief was first offered to him (Mr. K.) it was brought to him by Mr. Stead himself and without the sanction of a solicitor ; he then said it would be much more satisfactory to him to receive the brief through a solicitor, and upon that, very respectable solicitors put -their names on the brief, and took it to him. lie could not himself say what influence theme most respectable solicitors might have over others in their profeesion ' but certain he was, from the a ffi davits, that if they pleased, they had the power of retarding the busitieas of other solicitors in their transactions with the Bank of England, and therefore it was natural to suppose that the legal world would rather be on friendly terms with solicitors so situated, with whom they had occasionally to come in contact. The bills of mats now sought to be taxed, were not only most extravagant in the charges made, but they contained charges for business, which business had never beeu done. Front what was stated in the affidavits, and from what Mr. Knight conceived to be the general habit of Charg ing in the profession, he had no hesitation whatever in saying, the bills contained overcharges to a very great amount, charges that ought never to have found their way into bills of cost's, and charges that taxation trust most seriously reduce. In support of this he would state the affidavit. His LOMISHIP considered this tlae most important part of the CARe. Mr. Ktunnr proceeded to state. his affidavits. it appeared from them, that Messrs. Kaye, Freshtield and Co, had, in flaking up briefs, charged for selecting correspouclenos a considerable sum ; for drawing 7s. 4d., and for copying die. 7d. per *beet, whereas the universal charge in the profession was 6s. $4., and 3s. 4d.-; lumping sum for marking or underlining particular parts of the hrieflo, in order to make those parts the more readily meet the eye of Counsel, and' which was a novel charge ; that the drawing and selecting, Sm.; had been charged for more than once ; and that for drawing a brief consisting of one brief sheet only, and which occupied Mr. Freshfield for about half an hour, in the presence, of Mr.,Stead, seventeen pounds had been charged. Under these cir cumstances, Mr. Knight had no hesitation in supposing the Court would order a taxation. • Mr. SHADWICIX appeared on behalf of Messrs. Kaye, Fresh field, and C 0.., to oppose the applic,atien. the first place, it has to he considered. both as au appeal from the Vice-Chancti loi, and from the judgment of the Court of King's Bench ; and he would ask whether it was a decent, fit, and proper thing, that such a motion should, at this distance of time, be made against his clients, after they had long ago parted with all the papers that ever had been in their posseaston ' • and after they had had the jndgment of the two Courts below in their favour. As to th statement that 17/. had been charged for a brief of one sheet of paper, that was altogether a mistake, because it had been appended to other documents, which made a brief of no_ less plow fifty-one sheets; and that all the statements of exorbitani charges were alike founded in mistake. Upon a rule in the Court of King's Bench to show why there should not be a taxation, Mr. Scarlett, who was Counsel for Mr. Stead, atated i that his client had discovered a document subsequent to the rule Being granted, that would enable him to make the application with more certain prospect of success, and that, therefore, he consented to withdraw 'the rifle, and pay the costs ; but if Mr. Stead had really discovere d the document he alleged he had, it was his duty to have made the application for a taxation long ago, but which he had given no notice of til l Jan. 1824. Mr. Shadwell considered this an attack for no other • purpose than to injure the character of his clients. As to their_ interfering with any part of the legal world's business with the Bank of England, who chose to run counter with them, such an idea was foolish on the very face of it ; but though that statement was foolish, both Mr. Freahfield and his clerks had made affidavits, most distinctly denying every possible feeling of partiality; and stating, that their house invariably gave the most prompt attention to all questions arising with the Bank, and that they advised that Corporation at all times, hardly ever knowing the parties with whom the bank were dealing., The Learned Counsel then read many affidavits, some of them made by sane of the most respectable Solicitors in the City, verifying the mode of Messrs. Kaye, Freahtleld, and Co's. making up briefs, to be consistent with the general pr}tctice. Mr. Shad well considered that Mr. Knight was under a mistake, in stating that the charges per sheet, had been is. 4d. and 3a. Id. ; or if any such charge had been made, it must have been from mistake, and unintentionally. The clerks who had had the management of this business had all left the otlitv now; their late principals had no eontroul over them, and it wag extremely difficult to meet distinctly every minuthe. Under all the cumuatances of the case, he trusted the Court would dismiss the motion with costs. If Mr. Shadwell had said any thing offensive to Mr. Stead in the course of the argument, it had slipped 914 unintentionally; he had had no wish whatever to hurt the feel ings of that gentleman, and therefore he wished what he bid so said to be retracted, and considered as if nothing of the kind had passed his lips. Mr. 'Klitotrr said his client had distinctly sworn to the exov. bitant and uncommon charges, and that that affidavit had been denied by nothing but the mere statements Mr. Shadwell had been instructed to utike'it the bar. Either Mr. Scarlett had mis fitken his inotruOtiotes in the Court of Kill's Bench, or Mr. Gur ney itt. the appr e h eos i o „ o f . what he said, when Mr. Gurney wrote to 114.. Freshfiehl, saying the statement was, that Mr. Stead bad discovered a document on which he would renew the application to the Court of King's Bench. But • admit.. ting that to have beep this fact, when the ride 'au with drawn ;by content s after a letter had been written by Ai r. presh_. fi e ld, Saying, that the fate of that' motion should not, prejudice the taxing of the hills ; anti- when the Court hall expressed no opittion,, that was not to be t,e4..,ideri as a t t r to this Court's gra it ti lw ih e present aPPlit , 4 l o l l? • by little error in the charge in the bin s , to which t dl were liable, lleyar would have beep noticed, hilt the exor bitency had petyatleti th e . whole in a•Traw flzat he (hit. K.) was ;1 1 Ve-the 0440 W -441(1 not anode' to 4 45 +4, . . r His LORDSHIP interrupted Mr. Knight in hiareplyi andaaithi that the difficulty that struck hint was, that this was one of the moat singular motions he hid ever heard of. It was an applica tion to tax bills for charges for business done in the Court of King's Bench, which application that Court itself had refused, though this Court could know nothing of the regulation of charg ing in that Court. If, therefore, it granted the motion, it would only have to send it to the Master, for him to transmit it to an officer of the Court of King's Bench. No items of charge in tha Chancery proceedings had been stated whatever, though the Chan cery proceedings had taken place. Mr. Ka%nom said, the reason of that was, that the bills had been delivered and paid for the Chancery business, yet that the Chancery papers had never been delivered by Messrs. Kaye and Co., and that therefore the bills could not be checked. Mr. SIIADWILL aid, the box with all the papers in the pro ceedings that were to be found in the office, had been delimed. Mr. KNIGHT admitted that the box contained all the common law papers, but denied that it had any of the others in it. His LORDSHIP wished to hear what could be stated on affidavit' . on the other side on this point. It was a material point, for th e Court was now of opinion that no case could be considered as closed until the papers were all banded over. His Lordship de sired also to know by Monday, what affidavits could be made on the part of Mr. Stead, by Solicitors, as to the correctness of the statement that '7B. 4d., and 33. 7d. had been charged ; if that were made out, from his own experience of what was the regular mode of charging fOr the last half century, he thought the Court ought not to allow bills with such charges in them to stand without being taxed. With the highest re spect for Messrs. Kay, Freshfield, and Co. that any man could possibly have for their high character, as long as he sat on this bench he would never allow a suitor to be charged Yourpence or sevenpence throughout a series of years, more than he ought to be charged. This Court's duty was to protect suitors against improper charges, but at the same time it never either said or felt so, without also feeling and saying that it was bound to defend the officers of the Court from impro per attacks. At present, the Court thought the best thing to be done was, for the case to stand over till Monday, to know what affidavits by that time could be made. Mr. KNIGHT said, he had felt the paucity of affidavits, but this being an appeal motion, he did not advise further affidavits to be made than had been made and tiled in the Court below; but, as his Lordship had desired further affidavits to be made, his client would have no difficulty, he thought, in getting such affida vits as would satisfy the Court. His LORDSHIP would not, in a case of this sort, permit the for mality of an appeal, or any other form, prevent the information being given to the Court, that was necessary w enable it to do complete and even justice. Thus the case stands till Monday. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT—(Titis DAT.) STONE/MUSE V. GI/AGONY. This was a petition on behalf of a creditor, to have the latter of two Commissions of Bankruptcy, which had been taken out in this case, suspended, and the former confirmed. The Vica-CnaticaLi.ox said, that by some mi►take in the Bankrupt-office two dockets had been struck, one on the 18th of February, and the other on the 2d of April last. It was con tended that the former should be suspended, because it did not appear that any legal act of bankruptcy had been com mitted by the bankrupt before the first docket had been struck, and that the commission was altogether specula tive. The solicitor, who struck the docket on that occasion, had sworn, that be was informed by a creditor that the bankrupt had committed several acts of bankruptcy, and that he had filed a petition in the insolvent Court, which, by the New Act, amounted to an act of bankruptcy. These statements were not substantiated; solicitors were not justified in proceeding on such light grounds; they ought to inquire into the facts. It was evident that the first commission was speculative, and taken out with a view of getting coins interested persons on the commission; he was tharefore of opinion that it ought to be superseded, and that the second commission should stand. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—(Tuts DAY. Edward • Peters, of Camberwell, a builder, who had beau before the Court last week and opposed by a number of creditors, on the grounds that he had obtained goods from them under the promise of paying ready money, was brought up this day to re ceive the judgment of the Court. The CsttsF COMMISSION/1K said, that were it not for the unguarded manner in which the Creditors had parted with their goods, and as it did not appear that the Insolvent had made use of any false representations in obtaining these goods, the Court would have felt bound to pass a much heavier sentence than it now intended. The judgment of the Court was that the insolvent should not be discharged out of custody, or receive any benefit or indulgence - under the Act for eight calendar months from the date of filing his petition, and that he be confined within the walls of the prison, and not indulged with the rules 4ml liberties thereof, for having fraudulently disposed of his pro perty, whereby the 'funds out of which his creditors were to receive dividends were diminished. POLICE INTELI.MENCE. 130W-STREET.--(Tms DAY.) Agnes Connor was charged by Ellen Yeller, a' poor woman who keeps a fruit-stall in the Strand, with having passed three bad sixpences.' She 'stated thirt'ihe prisoner bought a pennyworth of apple's for WhiCh she paid her a sixpence which she (wit ness) put into her apron-pocket. The prisoner repeated this twice, oda time an hour after the other. 'Witness put all the sixpences into the seine pocket. The prisoner came again this morning, and tried so pass another, het Wall recognised, awl de tained by witness. The prisoner denied that she was the person. She was re mended for a week. Roderick Fraser, a young countryman, applied for Mr. skull's assistance. He stated that he was walking at one o'clock to-day in the Strand, when a man who met him, asked him if he would buy a watch. He: replied 'that he would not, and the man asked if he would sell his own, he said that he would not, and the stranger snatched witness's watch from his pocket, and ran off. Witness followed him. into Harris's, the pawnbroker's shop,:in the Strand, By the time witness had got into the shop, the stranger had re ceived SOs. as a pledge on the two watches. Witness called out "That is my watch," but the man ran out of the shop, and the shopman told him to stop for the duplicate; he did so, and could not find the stranger when be went out. Harris attended, and his shopman said he did not know or in quire the residence of the:thief. Mr. Aln snum. said the eircumsttwees were very auspicious, and observed that he had a great . mind to detain the shopman, but Harris being answerable for his appearance, he was di►missed, and the officers ordered to look out for the thief. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.---(Tors DAY. ) David Williams. John • Pries, and John Thempson were last night taken by the Watclunen in Southampton-row. They were known burglars, and as a burglary had been committed on Sunday last in the row, and as the Watchmen saw the prisoners lurking about, they apprehended these. On one of them they found a crow bar, phosphorus box, and taper.. The Magistrate examined them separately, as to their ac quaintance with each other, and their respective modes of' life. They prevaricated, and were remanded for a week. HATTON-GARIAN.--(Tutl DAY.) Fans ON SOLICITORS.--A young man, dressed in a style of fashion approaching to the " shabby genteel," who called himself Mister Richard Drew, was charged with obtaining a quantity of law stamps under fitly and fraudulent pretences. Mr. James Harnett,- of No. 29, Northumberland.street, Strand, Solicitor, stated that the prisoner had formerly been in the employ of a law-writer, with- whom the majority of the legal profession transacted business, and through this means he acquired a kuow ledgeof their hand -writing, and likewise became acqualutesl with the different law-atitioners where they were in the habit ofkeepinx account.. On the 11th of July, it would be proved that the pm. soner obtained ,stamps to the value of three guineas and a halt; on a ftirged. order,* from Mews. Gregory and Co., law-stationers, Church-yard-place, Strand. A similar application WWI !unclean t e be lb u tl r a m o in f e tye so sa mi tue ui t r o y o ,gi n ,v t v h easu , i w iniit l ade t o iel e t ua M snto r sdyt O .h r e egO ti r a y ud su i s!m i :ed ests. not bluiltAsrbleedr.t:Glpthreitrvdriylpnerratlist7aenforgethie:yt:ritalue(ri f m o i r d th h e e a b t a a d mp no s, d w ot h ib i t o thal t it was in the prisoner's hand-writing. 11t4erik naked tit Wilt:4l 3 of the day, if the prisoner was known to them? in the affirmative. P s E he r d d i ' so v .l a i l a . d ex d o s —m r :o li ro l e Ed o w_ r a r rds o :ni a) l l . a y r o el u dy ku fu ov, r i about me ? se ni o h n f t r h . s ß a o g g o e7 whe l I n ash his wife ii l i ) fo e eu e w t e t ras i i u t c. c a t osm t st n o ei t ii l nit y t : :Dd f , o f,nd r e t rub. Edwards said he had not, but he had be en to the (At, m Mr. Hornet said be was tertain.that the wosstcl not stand alone, as there was every • o T gf uppose that thi l 4 , 4 ., : je1t of fraud had beer; going on to great ottent dud, h sure other gentlemen would fom , ar t i . tetas e , 4* the profession..4.The FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Wricnson, AUG. 2.—Yesterday forenoon, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princesses Feodore and Victoria, and Baroness de. Spaedth, her lady in waiting, arrived at the Royal Lod ;as au also her R o y a l High ness t h e D uc h ess of G loucester, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Dorset, Count and Countess Lieven, and the Hon. Mr. Gordon, together with the distinguished attend ants of the Household ; the whole of whom, with his MAJESTY, at half-past two o'clock, left the Royal Lodge in open carriages and phaetons. His MAJESTY, in his phaeton, attended by the Duchess of Kent took the lead, and drove to Virginia Water, and direct to, the Royal Marquee, where, the boats being in readi ness, the Royal party embarked, and continued 'taking excursions until five o'clock, when they landed at th e Marquee, where they were met by her Royal High ness the Princess Augusta, the Earl and Countess Ba thurst, and Lady Georgiana Bathurst. At half-past five o'clock, a sumptuous banquet was served up hi the principal room fronting the Lake. His MAJESTY'S private band, in their boat, in front of the dining-room, c l os e to the marquee, continued playing daring the time of dinner, and until nine o'clock, when his MA JESTY and the Royal party returned to the Royal Lodge, except her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, who returned to Bagshot Lodge, Princess Augusta to Frogmore Lodge, and the Earl and Countess and Lady G. Bathurst to the Earl of Har court's, St. Leonard's. The remainder of the Royal party continue their visit tohis Majesty. The Duke of York took an airing on Tuesday afternoon, over Putney-bridge, through Richmond Park, &c. in an open carriage. Mr. Peter Macgregor attended his Royal Highness esterday. The R o y a l Duke took a drive about one o ' clock in his cabriolet. Mr. Secretary Canning arrived in town yesterday from the seat of Sir George Warrender ' near Maiden head. Mr. Under S ecre t ar y Pl anta also arrived in town from the residence of Sir George Warrender. Mr. Secretary Canning bad a select party to dinner, yesterday, at his residence in Downing-street. Lord Frederick Montagu, brother of the Auks of Manchester, who has been recently appointed Post master-General, is to act as locum tenons for his Grace, until his return from Jamaica. The doubt relative to the marriage of a celebrated and highly popular vocalist, with the branch of a dis tinguished dukedom, has entirely subsided, and the amiable lady is now acknowledged and received in the highest circles as a married woman. Hoo PING COUGH.—A plaster of gum galbanum applied to the chest, cures tlus complaint. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NOTTINGHAM RACES.---Tuttanair, Auo. 1. Stewards—Lord RANcur•ry and Jouti SHERWIN, Esq. A Sweepstakes of 2.5 gs, each, Once round and a distance. Mr. Lacey's b. c. by Ainadis - - I Sir W. Wynn's br. c. by Filbo Mr. Platel'ri b. or br. f. by Seagrave - 3 A Sweepstake. of 25 go. each, 15 gs. ft., for three-yr-old.. Once round and a distance. Mr. Lacey's b. c. by Amadis . - I Mr. Houldsworth's ch. f. sister to Miss Maltby 2 A S%'eepstakes of 25 go. each, 15 gs. ft., for two-yr-olds. T. Y. C. About half a mile. Mr. T. Houldsworth's b. f. Gift, by Pilho 1 Mr. Mytton's ch. 1. Harriette Wilson - 2 Sir Win. .Wyr.i.'s dark b. f. Brenda - Lord RanclitTe's gr. c. Cognise - 4 A Maiden Plate of 601., given by the Town of Nottingham, and the Members for the Town, for all ages. Heats, two miles I and a half. Mr. Houltleworthi* br. f. Elephanta 2 1 1 Mr...T*l4M's eb. f. by Pi for 1 2 it Mr. Dixou's Sball-I-be-soott-.tough y 0 $ Mr, Lougden's br. b..Thorttey - 00 4r Mr. Wood** b. RI. Little-thought -It diet. Mr. Fowler** b. g. Lineropper - odr WORCESTER R ACE S. —TO asna r, A no. 1. —(Coganna D. ) A Plate of 501., given by the Members for the City, for horses that never won. Two miles,' he ts. Sir. Gishorne's hr. c. Zainiel 111 r. Wills' b. f. Device - Captain Clarke's b. g. by Partisan • WRDNICSDAY. The Severn Stakes of 5 son. each, with 25 son. added. One nide. (Six subscribers.) Mr. Griffith's Harry - Mr. Hayward's Sceptre • Mr. Stevens' b. f. by Cannon Ball • Mr. 0. Gore's di. Vitals The Gold Cup, value 100 ge.i and 50gs. in specie. Four miles. Mr. Mytton's Longwaist Lord Plymouth's Slay Fly Mr. Grillith'e Palatine 1 1 2 8 8 8 1 2 3 4 KENDAL RACES.—Tursnav, Acct. 1. The Kent Stakes of 25 sari. each, 15 ft., with 20 added, (twu miles and a distance), WU* won by Mr. Kent's b. c. by Constable. The Maiden Plate WAS won by Sir P. Musgrave's hr. e. by Ardrussan. TILACKFRIARS' REGATTA. Yesterday a Wherry and other Prizes, the gift of the inhabitants of the Ward of Parringdon Within and vicinity, was rowed for by twelve Watertnen belonging to Elackfriare-stairs. The wherry was to be decided in three heats. The two winning boats of the first and second heats were to start for the third heat. The following were the =en 1. William Weil I B i n . 4, Ben' Cock*ll Samuel Holland George „ink. Osborn S 2. Thomas Rummell 5. J o h n. C hr i st i e Brown. ii } Green. John Ware . Joseph Jonas S. Robert Gill y e n ° Willia m Bolell John Benn e tt W. Robert Price Re ` l The first heat, or distance to be rowed, was fi-om ttlaCkfritirs. Bridge, through the third areJi of Waterloo Bridge, down the north shore, round the pier of Southwark Bridge, up Again through Blackfriars Bridge, round dt boat ntoored off the Temple, and down again to the Bridge; the second and third heats from Blackfriars Bridge, round the pier of Southwark Bridge, up the north. ihore, to a boat moored. otT the Temple, dawn round the Southwark Bridge, and up again to Blackfriars Bridge. At two o'clock, Blue, White, and Yellow started for the first heat, which was gained by Yellow and Whited About four o'clock Pink, Green, and Red, drew up in line for the second trial. When the signal was given, the contending parties rowed some distance close abreast of each other, but Red pulled first through Southwark bridge, and left the other boats behind. Pink resigned the con test, consequently Red and Green became first and second boats. The third and grand heat, which vas to decide. the prise , was rowed at six o'clock, and after a very able contest, Gill nett, distinguished by Yellow, gained the price wherry. The other prizes, consisting of eaten sums, were delivered to the susses ctt the second, third, and fourth boats. Tice object of the Patrons of this Regatta WAS the encou ra g e,- meat of:the boatme n plying in their innmali4te ai*triet• f l ,err annual prices have been round useful in promoting activity, and civility among the watermen. The sports of the day 'unfortunately received a cheek. A fine boy, Who hid incautiously ventured upon one of the abutments of the' bridge, fell into the tr ot s: was drowned. Th e d rags we r e used, but the body found one hour after the, accident. T JAMES'S. ........7 8 7 •-..- , BAY At: ilty,)' (At pet 1.048 of 38 Druiiirs.). 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